Sea Ice Growth in Potential Arctic Minefield Areas

• Main Authors: Gerson, Donald J., Perchal, Rudolph J.
• Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE NSTL STATION MS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1973
• Subjects: Meteorology; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Underwater Ordnance; *SEA ICE; *ICE FORMATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; NAVAL MINE WARFARE; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MINELAYING; DRIFT; MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ARCTIC OCEAN; ICE BREAKUP; WIND; THICKNESS; OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA049020; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA049020

An empirical method of determining the date of initial ice formation using daily air temperatures is described and applied to Zubov's and Kolesnikov's equations to determine day-to-day growth in ice thickness. Several methods are used also to estimate ice drift and disintegration. Presented at the Technical Conference on the Naval Minefield (16th).